HIST 114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: War Brides Act, Santa Barbara City College, Sayonara
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Although japanese americans living in the united states weren"t able to achieve as much as hawaiian japanese did in the early 1950s, they gained recognition. The mccarran-walter act, which brought japanese immigrants to hawaii, was also to help japanese americans on the mainland. It was the first time issei was allowed to vote under the act. By the mid-1950s, japanese americans were elected to the local councils in cities with large japanese-american communities like los angeles, san francisco, and san jose, Additionally, while the 2,000 asian immigrants approved under the mccarran- Walter act were not a large number per year, this resulted in immigration over the years of several thousand japanese students, business executives, engineers, and other professional personnel. The largest group of japanese immigrants in the 1950s, however, consisted of. Japanese women who had married american soldiers during the second world. Known as war brides, they were accepted into the united states under the war.
